Queen Elizabeth II's royal visits to Northern Ireland in pictures
Last updated 9th Sep 2022
Following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, people across Northern Ireland have been paying tribute.
As we mourn her death, we've taken a look back at some of the Royal visits, including the Coronation and Jubilee celebrations.
The Queen’s first official visit to Northern Ireland was as Princess Elizabeth in 1945 alongside her parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
The visit was part of a ‘Victory Tour’ of the UK following the Second World War, and engagements included a Garden Party held for war workers at Belfasts Botanic Gardens.
Her first visit as Queen followed her Coronation in 1953, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh.
The couple visited a number of towns and cities including Lisburn, Hillsborough, Belfast, Ballymena, Ballymoney and Coleraine.
During her last visit to Northern Ireland, the Queen took a trip down memory lane alongside The Duke of Edinburgh, retracing part of the rail journey she made on 1953 Coronation Tour.
Take a look through an archive of pictures from the Queen's previous Royal visits to Northern Ireland:
Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, with Sir Frederick Rebbeck the managing director of Harland and Wolff, on the launching platform of the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, 19th March 1946
Princess Elizabeth launching HMS Eagle at Belfast on 19th March 1946
Queen Elizabeth II attends an address of loyalty at the Northern Ireland Parliament, 1953
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh smile happily as they watch drummers outside Government House. Earlier the Royal couple had arrived at Hillsborough for their three-day visit to Northern Ireland. July 2, 1953
Queen Elizabeth II talking to guests at a garden party in Coleraine, July 1953
Queen Elizabeth II meets a group of young people during her walkabout at the New University of Ulster in Coleraine, the second day of her Silver Jubilee visit to Northern Ireland, August 1977
Queen Elizabeth ll inspects the UDR at Lisburn's Thiepvall Barracks, during the Royal Visit To Northern Ireland in June 1991
Queen Elizabeth II addresses members of the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont, May 2002
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh meet Irish President Mary McAleese and her husband Dr. Martin McAleese at Hillsborough Castle, December 2005
The final parade and decommissioning of the Royal Irish regiments of the British Army as part of the military restructuring, Belfast, October, 2006.
Queen Elizabeth ll arrives at St Patrick's Cathedral in Armagh City, Northern Ireland for the traditional Maundy Service on March 20th, 2008
Queen Elizabeth II is presented with a history of the Royal schools by Stuart Dean. She was guest of honour at a reception held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the five Royal schools of Ulster, March 2008
Queen Elizabeth II chats with broadcasters at the Ulster Television Studios in Belfast, where she switched on the stations HD Service, Oct 2010
Queen Elizabeth II chats with broadcasters as she pays a visit to the Ulster Television Studios in Belfast, where she switched on the stations HD Service in October 2010
Queen Elizabeth II surveys the crowds in the grounds of Stormont as part of the Diamond Jubilee tour in June 2012.
Queen Elizabeth II shakes hands with Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness watched by First Minister Peter Robinson at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast, March 2012
Queen Elizabeth II meets Jonathan Hegan, MBE, Chairman of Titanic Foundation Limited at the official opening of the Titanic building in Belfast, during her Diamond Jubilee Tour of Northern Ireland in 2012
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh tours St.Georges Market in Belfast, Tuesday June 24th, 2014.
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh during a visit to the set of Game of Thrones in June 2014
Queen Elizabeth II signs the visitor book prior to departing Hillsborough Castle, on the final day of her visit to Northern Ireland in 2014
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, visited the Giant's Causeway, celebrating her 90th birthday in June 2016
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